A Tesco lorry has left a trail of destruction left after it careered off a road, crushing five vehicles and crashing into a house.

The cause of the crash is unknown but it is thought the driver of the HGV was only a few hundred
yards away from his depot.

Emergency services attended the scene, but nobody was hurt in the early morning collision in a quiet residential road in Heathfield, Devon.

A Tesco lorry has left a trail of destruction left after it careered off a road, crushing five vehicles and crashing into a house

The crash has demolished a wall of a house in Heathfield, Devon, which was just yards away from a sleeping resident

It is believed the lorry collided with a small flat-back truck, before smashing into the house then hitting four more vehicles before finally coming to rest 50 yards up the road.

A young woman who was inside the house - which has been part demolished by the impact - said she had been asleep in the next room and had been left 'in shock'.

Several vehicles, including an MG sports car, were crushed.

Fiona Davies, who lives at a cottage nearby, said: 'I heard the sound of metal scraping and rubbing and then a loud vibrating noise which turned out to be the cooler from the refrigerator in the back if the lorry.